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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
STARVATION IN LONDON.
Near Thousand Tables Pine for Food"
(Ncw York Mail and Express1

| (Ncw York Mail and EXprcSs)
London has just had little expert
enco with horde of half starved wretch
es that have been permitted to swarm
and gather to head at an important
point i'll the West End. That great city
hes peculiar experience with its hungry
people, who have the instinct Of associa-
!oh and act together in masses. Even
III good times, when only the lazy and
domcrallzed arc hungry, ten, twenty, or
hity OF these will assemble and parade
tne streets, chatting in chorus: "We arc
az starved out, or some similarly direct
statement OF THEN condition But now
t'lc numbers are greater. Times are not
! good, and Ill city Of millions of people
there must be very many men and
women who find it difficult to support
themselves, and very many more who do
not try, and a goodIy proportion of per-
sons who spend in liquor the little they
earn, and then atttudinize as honest
poor men to get more. In all cities
tnere are such elements; but in city
WAcre they are evenly distributed
through the whole population they are
not lett as a threatening phenomenon.
Lrch ncighborhood digcsts it's own
evils. But where these elements have a
tendency to aggregation they can be
very troublesome. They have this ten
dency III London, and now they have q
recognized rendezvous. For some un.
accountable reason the authorities have
permitted them to seize upon and occu-
py Trafalgar square and form there O
sort of camp. From that point they
sailed out in procession Friday and
marche to the Mansion House to call
upon the Lord Mayor to make formal
demand for support. But as that great
lrnctuary would not receive them, they
marched away again and fought the
poNcc ali along the route. People here
may understand how this would be if oil
tue IDLE, lazy, tipsy vugrants of tho
metropolis, with n mixture of those
really IN want, should form u camp in
Cnion square and live there permanent
-, and sally out for beggary or menace
III small groups OF PROFESSIONS, terroriz-
ing not only the Immediate neghbor-
hood, but all the streets by which they
"ent, and forming the nucleus for a
great riot. In this city we should not
permit such body to gather, and it is
hard to see why this is allowed in the
capital OF the British empire.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
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SYSTEMATIC HIGHWAY ROBBERY,
iiow Zig Chicago Firm Crushcs Out thai,
Sewing Girls Lives
tFrom The chicago Intcrocean) }

From the Chicago Inter. Occan.)
~ le" belongings of this small family
We're nicely stored away in the one
room, and three motherless children bc.
gan tho struggle for scli-u aintenanco,
Inc little ones could do nothing,
SO the responsibility rested upon the
shoulders of the 1t, ear old sister
The first thing She did after the funer-
al was to scan the papers for advertise
mcnts i'll the "hclp wanted columns.
ono found III an evening paper an nd-
vertsemcnt for a girl to run IL knittinn
machine. 1t WAS from well known firm
on prominent street. She applied and
was given Job. After she had been
there couple Of days she saw constant
change III the many faces around her.
Glrls that were there yesterday morning
wore not there this morning. But new
ones were engaged.
Oho began to make inquiries among
The Older girls, and found that the girls
lett because they could not make enough
to live on. The night Of the second Gay
She determined to sec about it, and she
asked the torcwoman for her time. She
vas gwen card with two DAYS full
unc credited. She had made two iuck-
cts "hG one dozen bustles in the 40
Guys. w hcil she presented the card to
The Oliice she was told that she owed the
hrm 70 cents balance for the use of the
machine and steam power.
Sac was credited with 20 cents apiece
for two Jackets that's 40 ccnts) and 30
cents for tIo dozen bustles CHATS 20
cents. She was charged 10 cents IL day
Tor the use OF machiuo and steam power
CHATS 30 cents, leaving balance of 20
cents due the blg firm. At this rate She
would have to pawn her soul ut tho end
OF week to pay the firm for the bad mir
she brcathed while using the machine
and steam Ipwcr.
The firm keeps standing advertise
meNt ii tpG evening paper, and n smell
armyof Gfrls pass through the factory
every week, They got the jackets and
busties CltrSde for nothing, except tho
wear ana tear Of the machines and loss
OF steam power.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
~1la------------
FORTY YEARS ATTuE PLOUGH.
Call for the old Settlers to Go to the
state Fair at CoIuunbia.

Call for the old Settlers to Go to the
state Fair at Columbia.
Tothe Editor of The News and Courier:
desire to express my high appreciation
OF the kindness done the society ! have
the honor to represent in your hearty
endorsement and editorial notice Of the
old settlers convention that it is desired
to hold during our next State Fair. 1t
has been my primo objcct during the
four years L have served as president to
make the meetings Of the society purely
of an agricultural M urc. How far this
difficult object has been attained the
records OF these meetings will bear wit
ness. With this object still most plomi-
ncnt in view, | conceived the idea OF
having this convention of old settlers at
our approaching Fair, and in further
ance OF this meeting again beg to tres
pass upon your valuable columns as the
quickest way in which / can reach tho
largest number of our farmers. i am
exceedingly gratified at the interest man
ifestcd in this meeting by the answers /
have received, and by the kindly notices
given by many of our county papers.
To the latter i feel much indebted and
take this means of returning many
thanks for the same.
am asked what is meant by farminO
for forty years? reply: The boy who
began to plough when he was ton years
old, and has made farming his hfe's
work, and is fifty now, / regard as
having farmed forty years, and on this
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
Pianos and Organs.

All of the best makes. $25 cash and
balance November l, at spot cash prices
on Piano. $40 cash and balance No.
yember |, at spot cash prices on an
Organ. Delivered, freight free, at your
nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial
and freight both ways if not satisfactory.
Write for circulars.
N. w. TRUMP,
Columbia, s.. O.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
\ New Pool.

Some OF The cattle men ot the plains
have recently formed what they call tho
"B Bcct Pool, and have united with AR.
mour ~ Go. to keep up prices Armour
agrees to slaughter their stock sor 80 80
per head and give them the proceeds.
The rangcmcn concerned saw The drcssed
beef ring runs all the markets. holdinr
down the price Of live cattle and holdinS
up tha plicc Of dressed meats. and thaf
their only hope is to deal with the combina.
tion. The promoters claim that by this
arrangement they will be enabled to get
improved cars, feeding, watering and nro.
tcctlon OF the animals in transit. and TO
suffer
But IL Armour and the beef pool are to
DC allowed to run such cars on the rail
roads, why not other people? Or why not
me rangemen without Mr.. Armour's pa
tronsge2 2-Ne,o York sur.
The Stuart Monument Association of
Richmond, Va, has purchased the granite
shaft with which TO mark the spot, near
Yellow Tavern, where Gen. j. Il. b. Stuart
fell mortally wounded, on May If, 1864,
while repeling an attack of Sheridan's
cavalry. The inscription to be put on the
shaft has been determined upon and the
monument will shortly be placed In position
| with appropriate ceremonies.
When all so called remedies fail. Dr
5ages Catarrh Remedy cures.
hThe open horse cars do not travel any
too rapidly, butthey are always fast enough
to enable passenger to catch q cold,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26

A West Point cadet is taught that a Tia
Is worse than highway rob6er.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

The Bostonians will give a matinee
this afternoon with The PoacherS" as
the bill at 2:30. Tonight "FatinitZa,"
with Agnes Huntington in the title role.
will be given, and this will close their
engagement. which has been highly
successful. The company open in ST.
Paul Monday night.
Frank DAM, Jr. will soon give
monster orchestral and lyric concert at
the the Grand opera. The programme
will be one of the greatest treats ever
presented TO the public.
The COnreid Opera cOmpany's adj
vance sale opened at the Grand yester-
day, and the company will be greeted
with large attendance during the
week, as evidenced by the box plat. The
opera presented by this company is the
latest of all the opera successes, THE
GYPSY Baron" and is full of the most
melodiOuS songs. The mise-en-scene of
the Gypsy Baron is the most gorgeous
ever seen in comic opera. The stately
march in the last act of thirty-twO fe-
male huSsarS of Shapely limbs is one of
the features of the opera. The scenery
of the entire opera is carried by the
company and shows Gypsy encamp-
ment, a ruined castle and a street in
Vienna The time of action of the
Opera-the last century-allowS of the
most gorgeous cOStuming, and the tab
leauX presented by this company are
unexcelled. The Gypsy Baron company
has been so carefully selected that the
performances linger in the mind as
dream of beauty forever-hence the
large buSineSS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
ALL SORTS.

Amused auditors are guessing what
metaphor ''Bill'' Erwin will use in sum-
ming up when he begins OH the police
commission.
Ladies are utterly devoid of morbid
curiosity. Were it otherwise, what a
crowd of them there would be at the
Barrett trial.
1t may seem an eXaggeratiOn, but the
capital stock of the various Minneapolis
corporations which got charters during
1887. fOOts up the gay sum of SO. 600, 600.
For one year and small manufactur-
ing community, how is that?
The Journal is climbing down off the
Blaine and protective tariff fence with
acrObatic eageTneSS, but the Tribune
still percheS there. Next summer the
Tribune will eat crow, while the Jour-
nal will dine Oh prairie chicken.
High water mark" umpty,
umph thousand.
The Journal will probably sting itself
to death when it realizes that it has in
cidentally doomed Mayor Ames by
praiSing the schemes for winter sports
at the lakes.
To those who were familiar with the
dOingS of the National Opera company,
the following from the Chicago News
will be appreciated:
Oh, how sweetly does Charles f.
Locke, manager of the National Opera
company, sing and smile! His song is
SWan-like. methinkS, and his smile is
the smile of the property manipulated
on him.
Charley says his opera company is all
right: that the press has lied about it;
that fame and fortune await it in the
East. All this says Charley after some
what uncertain transforming career in
Missouri. Ghost of Jenny Thurber
Missouri!
Charley declares that he hasn't lost a
cent, and this we believe. Charley is
not prone TO losing money. He knows
his business.
But touching the other toplOftical
yarns he spins it is, perhaps, unfor-
tunate for him that old Bill Jones isn't
alive TO cOrrObOrate them.
Why doesn't Charley bring his Ma
tional Opera company to Chicago? Her
aided as it is by the Sedalia BaZoO, the
COSchOctOn Windpipe and the Red Bud
Bugle, why all this seeming fear OF be-
ing ripped up the back by our less dis
eliminating press?
Brace up, thou singing swan, brace
up. What you mistake for the condi-
ton of articulum morris is simply an at
tack of Missouri m laria.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

Bank clearings yesterday, $685., 1916.
Four cases contagious disease reported
yesterday.
Bank clearings for the week ending yester-
day, So, 124. 03l.21.
Saturday night watch service will be held
at Holy Trinity church.
Deputy Sheriff Patrick Callahan has Just
taken out naturalization papers.
Union Sunday school teachers meet at the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms this afternoon.
Monday evening there will be a reception
at the railroad mems reading room.
At Harmonic hall this evening the Young
Mems Dramatic club OF the First ward give
ball.
W II. H. Bartram will speak at Dania hall
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50. Subject: PRO
hibitiOn."
The W. C. T. Z. gives New Years rccep-
ton at the Fourth street coffee house Mon
day afternoon.
John Mittwer, the well known real estate
man. died at his home, 1910 Lyndale ave-
nue., Thursday night.
John McKees, a blacksmith, residing at
90S Fourth street north, fell on the icy side.
walk and broke one of his legs.
Joseph Brennan secured verdict of 81 900
yesterday in his suit for $4,000 damages
against the st. Anthony Water Power com
pany.
The First Ward Young Mems Democratic
club Will give New Years bail this evening,
Dec 81, III GeInldllla mali, IOlI Maln street
northeast.
Plats were yesterday filed with the register
of deeds of the Horace Sheply addition, by
ID. II. Shepley, and Mix d Schweitzer's addi-
ton, by Edward f. Schweitzer.
Jarvanin Franchi, a member of the Ma
tional Opera company, died at 523 Iiennepin
avenue. after a short illness. The funeral
took place from the Church of the lmmacu-
late Conception at a. m. yesterday.
The matter of granting a further STAY in the
case against Lou Murray came up iii the
district court yesterday, when a stay of four
teen days was granted, during which time an
appeal for Il new trial will be made.
Mrs Clara Holbrook-Smith will deliver an
address in the interests of the Women's
Christian Temperance union Sunday al 3 80
p. m. at the Ninth Ward Prohibition club
services, $3.50 Harrison street northeast
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31

mo, SIR" .s
"What did you go there for?'
''rO question him.
''To get evidence to use against him in
this caseg''
"Yes. SIR
"Did you telephone for sterograrher
to be there?'
Eyes, SIR"
Ibid you tell him stenographer was
present?''
mo, sir"
Did you inquire whether he was
intOxicated?'
at did not occur to me-"
"When you talked with him through
the cell door was there any officers with
you?"
No"
''What were you there fOr?"
''Henry had made confession and
was trying TO get evidence to corrobo-
rate Henry'S story"
Did you tell him that anything he
said would be used against him?"
mo, SIR"
Ibid you not know that man cannot
be made witness against HIMSELF"
Yes"
''Did you tell him he was charged
with murder?'
Eyes, sir.''
Objection to this evidence being used
| against the defendant was overruled.
The county attorney then asked the
same questions about the admissions
made by Timothy at the police station,
that were asked the defendant while on
the witness stand and which were pub
lished at the time.
Mr.. Erwin then began the crOss-ex-
animation.
Are you detective?"
No, sir"
"Have you ever found it laid down in
the books that it was the duty OF the
officers Of the prosecution to go to the
jailS and interrogate the prisOners?"
NO. sir"
''Did you rely on Henry's statement"
81 did"
"Did it ever occur to you that it is a
part of the duty of county attorneys to
protect the rights of prisoners while i'll
continement?'
Il did not"
did you ever inform his attorney
what you had done, and furnish him
with a copy of his admissions
NO, sir"
''Have all the questions been asked
you that were asked him?'
Not near all of them"
"Were only the questions asked that
were hurtful to him?'
Yes
Any questions that were of any ben
eft to him were left out, were they
not?''
They WERE"
did you not proceed with your ques-
tons for the purpose Of misleading
him?"
No"
Let me see those questions you have.
Mr.. Davis?" The questions referred to
were part of those taken down by the
stenographer at the police station. Mr.:
Erwin then asked if he remembered
asking Timothy these questions, and
proceeded to read all the questions. Mr..
Davis objected, but the objection was
overruled.
BY reading the questions through. Mr..
Erwin brought out the fact that the
questioner had threatened to jog limo
thy's memory if he did not tell about
the TollefsOn murder and that he was
called liar a number of times.
The court then adjourned with Mr..
Jameson still on the stand.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
The ALGONQUIN Celebration.
In Memory of John Crosby.

At the meeting of the chamber of
commerce yesterday the following resO-
buttons were adopted:
Whereas. In the course of events, John
Crosby has been removed from US by death;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That in his decease, this body
SuStains the loss of one of its most valuable
and conscientious members man who was
modest in his department faithful i'll his
friendships and alive To all his duties as a
man and citizen; who was scrupulously just
and upright in his business; who in all
things loved honesty and hated pretense;
whose memory we shall always cherish with
profound respect.
Resolved, That the sympathy of this body
be extended to the family and immediate
friends of the deceased; that a copy of these
resolutions he furnished them by this body,
and that a copy be also spread upon the rec
ords OF this body.
After passing these resolutions, the
chamber adjourned until Saturday. The
members of the chamber will attend the
funeral in body to-day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
LOOKUP ALLEY NOTES.

Bert Keene, boy, was up for steal
ing fur cap from the Plymouth cloth
Ing store. but his sentence was Sus-
pended upon promise of good behavior
in the future.
J. Jepson had Margaret Mcdonald ar
rested for throwing bucketful of Stops
in his face. The parties are neighbOrs
and live on the flats" The case will
be heard Monday.
Vergie Joyce, a cOlored girl thirteen
years of age. was yesterday committed
by Judge MahOney in the municipal
court to the reform school. Her brother.
J. A. Joyce. testified that she was in
cOrrigible, was diseased and had been
guilty of incest.
A rather amusing case was the trial
of ManguS Mckenzie upon trial of his
mOther-in-law, Levina Sperry. whom it
seems called without Invitation from
her SOn-in-law and was violently elected
from the house. The court decided
that mans house is his castle and dis
missed the case.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31

the pistol" freddy" took the pistol
and read: made by the Manhattan
Arms company of Newark. N. J.''
do you still think it was Colts re-
volverT'
yes"
Redirect-"Pete and Tim went away
in the buggy the night / gave Tim the
revolver. They did not come back until
the next day, - hey said they had held
up number Of people, and in one
tussle they had, they had lost both their
pistols. They said they also lost their
horse and buggy. and that they had
gone to police headquarters and offered
a reward of $40 for its recovery"
NAUGHTY WORK. a|
what hotel are you stopping at
now?" asked Mr.. Erwin.
1.-The Arlington"
"When did you go there?"
yesterday"
Where were you stopping before yes
terday?"
''At the Clifton house." al
Ibid you not get fired ont of the Cliff
ton house because Detective German
was found in bed with your wife's
sister," -
NO. SIR sd,
Ibid not the hotel proprietor fire the
whole batch OF you, and say he would
not have any of those people stop there
any longer?' sI-
No. sir" f.
"Well, it is fact just the same." re-
piled Mr.. Erwin.
''Well, what was done with the hat
that was brought home by Tim the night
he lost his revolver?'
Il think he burned it up while we
were living oil Chicago avenue"
After some discussion about what be-
came of this hat. Henry came to tie
conclusion that his father wore it to
California.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
A BRIGHT OFFICIAL
Who Got Little Mixed On Dis
tanceS.

Who Got a Little Mixed On Dis
tanceS.
p. NJ. Dahl, the county surveyor, tes-
titled:
Il am a surveyor. l know the
distance from the Riverside avenue
barns to the glass works. 1t is between
one and half and two miles. 1t is
about quarter of mile further than
from the corner of Lake street and
Cedar avenue"
On cross-eXamination he said:
Il think the Riverside and Cedar
avenue lines are nearly the same length:
it would be still further from the
terminus of the Bloomington line. Lay
mans cemetery. on the Lake street side,
is forty rods i'll length"
Where are the section corners on
this map?" asked Mr.. Erwin.
Here is one at the corner of Lake
street and Cedar avenue, the other one
is at Lake street and Thirty-tirst ave-
nue."
.sWell, divide that mile on Lake street
into quarters and see if the cemetery is
not One-quarter of mile long"
Mr.. Dahl did so, and found it was a
fact.
.How many rods long is the cemetery
then?''
Forty rods
''How many rods are there in one
quarter of a mile?"
Eighty rods"
''Well, is the cemetery forty or eighty
rods in length?'
Eighty rods"
This is quite an important fact for the
defense, for the prosecution has been
figuring the distance from the turn
table to the gate. which is midway be-
tween the two corners of the cemetery,
as being only twenty, while i'll reality it
Consequently Peter and Henry must
have run forty rods after the firing of
the first shot and before the second was
fired, according to Reddy's story.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
REDDY ON THE STAND.
A Revolver ExplOsiOn-We ere They
Fired From the Hotel.

Henry Barrett testified:
Il remember the sale of the horse
to Mr.. Sc aman. l was not present when
the horse was sold. l saw Mr. Seaman
at John Dubay's stable. We all three
rode up there. We expected to sell it to
Dubay Tim and Nichols went away
and sold it,"
DO you recognize this hat?'' asked
Mr.. Davis, showing him the hat found
by Chamberlain.
Il can't say that | do"
WAS IT THE SAME REVOLVER?
"Did you ever see that revolver"
showing him the large revolver found
by Chamberlain.
Il saw one like it that the boys had"
Ibid you see this One?' holding up
the small one.
Eyes, once owned that one and l
gave it to Tim"
DISCRIMINATION.
ibid you not serve term in the
state prison III Illinois?'
No"
"When did you give Tim this pistol?"
81 gave the small pistol to Tim one
night just before he went up town."
''How do you identify that pistol?"3
Il don't know how know it,
''Are there any marks on it that you
know OPS
NO"
"Well, why do you think this is the
same one you OwnedT'
Because this one is the only one of
the kind ever saw"
"Why do you think this may be the
same revolver you SAW" Showing him
the large one.
well, this is powder and ball pistol,
and the one / saw was that kind, too"
What was the make of the re-
volver?" -
ut was Colts"
NOT THIS TINE.
"Take this revolver and read what
-. he 1t Is. It is nriptpd ON the barrel of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Will Attend the Funeral.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3O.-A large meeting
in respect 10 the late Gov. Marmaduke
was held on change to-day, at which
speeches eulogistic of the deceased
were made and resolutions, paying high
tribute to him as man and as gov
ernor, were adopted. 1t was also de-
cided to adjourn the exchange tO-mOr-
row in respect to his memory. A large
number of city officials and prominent
citizens will go to Jefferson City in the
morning to attend the funeral.